The Big Day Out guessing game continues. Aussie tabloid the Herald Sun says Snoop Lion, Blur and Pearl Jam will be headlining the tour in Australia
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Film festival review: Blackfish
Blackfish follows the story of Tilikum, the largest orca (killer whale) in captivity, who currently resides at Sea World, Orlando. Tilikum is a “notoriously vicious” orca who has been associated with the deaths of three people
Witi Ihimaera’s charmed life
Witi Ihimaera is charming, possibly even to the people who were very snarky about his astounding plagiarism in The Trowenna Sea. That was 2009
2006 SeaWorld Killer Whale Attack Video is Revealed
Watch the latest video at video.insider.foxnews.com In November 2006, trainer Kenneth Peters, 39, was was bitten and pulled underwater several times by a 7,000-pound killer whale during a show at SeaWorld’s San Diego park. The new video shows a grueling 10 -minute ordeal capturing a terrifying moment when a SeaWorld trainer got caught under […]
Why Japan’s Whale Hunt Continues
It’s a ritual that boils the blood of whale-watchers everywhere. On Nov
Voila! Disney Invades Europe. Will the French Resist?
A child’s smile, lighting up as he enters Euro Disneyland, knows no language barrier.
Whale makes appearance off New York’s coast
Call him Moby Ick. A 30- to 40-foot humpback whale surfaced in the not-quite-pristine waters just north of New York City’s Verrazano Bridge on Thursday morning, according to the Coast Guard.
Endangered right whales appear to be on the rebound
North Atlantic right whales, sort of the homely underdogs of the whale world, birthed a record number calves this year off the coast of the southeast United States, giving some scientists hope that the uber-rare and often overlooked species can recover. “For me, personally, it is a source of optimism,” said Barb Zoodsma, a marine mammal biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “I just think we’re on the right track.” The record 39 new calves — each of which weights about 3,000 pounds — were born off the Atlantic coast of Florida and Georgia
Is Twitter’s breakneck growth causing a backlash?
David Bill isn’t annoyed when Twitter gets so bogged down with traffic that he can’t post a message. That’s because in the moment when frustration would hit, he’s greeted on the popular Web site by a cartoonish image he loves: a giant whale being lifted out of an ocean by a small flock of tweeting birds. The icon — which Twitter users call it the “fail whale” because the creature appears only when the site has failed to load — has gained a cult following as the social media site grows at breakneck pace.